We will be conducting a midterm review session this Sunday, 10/26, from 4-6 PM in Gates B12. If you enter in the Gates basement, this is down the hallway to the right, on your left. The doors at the top of the stairs will be locked, but can be opened with your SUID.

Instead of the midterm review session being a lecture-style session, we'll be there to help answer any questions that you might have. As a result, the session works best for everyone if you come prepared. If you'd like to come to the review, the best thing you can do is work out some of the practice midterm problems, or any of the programming problems in the book, and bring any specific questions you have for us to work out. If everyone brings questions, then everyone there will benefit from everyone else's collective effort. In our experience, this helps prepare students for the midterm better than just running through more practice problems.

Some students have been having problems with both the Mac and PC versions of the Boggle demo app included in the sample code. The starter files for the assignment have been updated with working copies of the demo, or you can download the demo apps directly by clicking one of the links below:

Mac Boggle Demo

PC Boggle Demo

If you have any further problems with the demo app after trying the new versions, please feel free to contact Dave.

The CS106X Midterm is just over two weeks away. The midterm will take place on Tuesday, October 28th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm and will be held in Hewlett 200. If you have an unavoidable conflict with the midterm time, we'll be happy to find an alternate time for you to take the exam. If you would like to schedule an alternate midterm, please send an e-mail to Tom and Dave specifying all times on October 28th and 29th you can take the exam. You have until Monday, October 20th at 5:00pm to request an alternate midterm.

There is a correction made on Handout #16 regarding mapping functions and the CS106X library. The handout states that all of the CS106 classes have the ability to map functions to the collection. However, with the current set of CS106 libraries installed for this quarter, the mapping functions are only available for the Map and Set classes. The handouts has been changed to correct for this error and has been uploaded to the website. We apologize for the confusion.

There has been a few questions regarding Assignment #1 and what dimensions should be used if the user wants a randomly generated environment. For the purposes of this assignment, we're fine with any reasonable dimension you choose (a 1x1 grid would lead to very boring simulations!) The sample program uses a 55x70 grid; you may choose to use that if you wish.

In addition, in terms of how assignments will be graded, we will be doing the same thing as we've done in CS106A and use the bucket system to grade both functionality and style. For more information regarding what factors are taken into grading, please visit the program grading portion of the website.

1. You can start signing up for section at http://cs198.stanford.edu/. You have until Sunday at 5:00pm to submit your preferences.
2. If you have signed up for both CS106X lecture and CS106X section in Axess, you will need to re-register for the class and remove the section from your study list. You can do this by a) dropping both CS106X lecture and section from your study list, b) adding the CS106X lecture (officially section "01 LEC"), and c) skipping over the section asking you to select an additional section. You should be able to submit without having to specify the additional section. If you have any questions or problems, please contact Tom or Dave.